Key: C major, Time: 6/8, Tempo: 93

Intro: 

: C7        Ab7       : (x 2)

Cm  F  Cm7    F7/A  Cm7  F7/A    
E7   /F# /G   /Ab Am  /B  /C   /A  

F7     /C     
D7     /A     G      F/A  F#/Bb 
G/B           


Verse 1: {With piano only, tempo rubato} (0:54-)

C7                   Ab7           
   The wine's all drunk    and so am I
C7                             Ab7           
   Here with the hoi-poloi, don't    ask me why
Cm      F  Cm7       F7         Cm/F   F7      
   We're cele-brat-in' an-ticipatin' end of the year
E7         /F#  /Ab Am               
   Everybody come,     everybody here

F7                 
   Well more or less,  
D7       /E   /F#    G    F/A  F#/Bb 
   Some al-read-y  in a mess
G/B                                  
    I guess they're waiting for the big  one.


[Verse 2] {Enters the band, play the intro} (1:44-)

 Wonder why I'm cold. How did I get this far?
 Had no money, had no car
 I pray the snow goes, be bad if it settles
 'Cos I follow my nose and the dried up rose petals

 Like the man says, 
 Sure hope Moses knows his roses
 Or we'll all be waiting for the big one.


Interlude 1: (2:31-)

 | C     |  (x 4 bars)

F    G    Ab   Bb   C         

Dm   Eb   F    G    Ab   Bb   



[Verse 3] (3:03-)

 Once I was the credit to my credit card
 spent what I hadn't got, wasn't hard
 No trust in judgement no trust in money
 Someday I'll find myself like a bee finding honey, oh

 But in the meantime, ah
 I'm gonna have me some fun
 Waiting for the big one.


[Verse 4] (3:50-)

 One too many, where ego I go too
 Looking for the real thing
 It don't come from what I do
 No real communication moves out of my face
 I'm beginning to think, yeah, I'm just out of place, a-ha

 Won't get in too deep, 
 I want to get some sleep
 To be ready for the big one, 

 To be ready for the big one


Interlude 2: (4:43-)

 | C     |  (x 4 bars)

F    G    Ab   Bb   
C                   

Dm   Eb   F    G    Ab   Bb   


(Intro) (5:20-) {Bluesy guitar solo} 


Coda: (6:07-)

 | C     |  (x 4 bars)

{Enter female vocals, tempo rubato}
F    G    Ab   Bb             
 Ah,   ah,   uh,   waiting for the
C                  
 big one________

Dm   Eb   F    G    Ab   
 Ah,   ah,   ah,   ah,   uh,
Bb              C      
 wainting for the big one___

{Drum solo} 
 |       |       |       |  | 

Dm   Eb   F    G    
 Ah,   ah,   ah,   ah,
Ab   Bb   C         
 Uh,   uh,   uh,______